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The NCAA is considering moving men's college basketball from halves to quarters, with positive momentum and a working group being formed to explore this change, alongside approved rule updates for the 2025-26 season including coach's challenges and game flow improvements.
The NCAA is implementing major rule changes for the upcoming basketball season, including allowing coaches to challenge certain calls in both men's and women's games to improve game flow. Men's coaches can challenge out-of-bounds, basket interference, and restricted-area defender calls, while women's coaches can challenge out-of-bounds, backcourt, possession, and foul calls, with different penalty rules. Additional changes include new officiating emphasis on delay tactics, physicality, and fouls to the groin, as well as discussions about moving to quarters in men's basketball.
The NCAA has approved major rule changes for men's college basketball starting in the 2025-26 season, including coach's challenges for out-of-bounds and goaltending calls, modifications to continuous motion rules, and new emphasis on game efficiency and physicality, aiming to improve game flow and fairness.
The NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee approved several rule changes for the 2025-26 season to improve game flow, including a coach's challenge for certain calls, modifications to continuous motion rules, and new fouling and interference rules, along with discussions on moving from halves to quarters.
Kim Hyung Tae, CEO of SHIFT UP and director of Stellar Blade, revealed new details about the PlayStation 5-exclusive action RPG, including the decision to release the game exclusively on PS5 for optimal gameplay experience, influences from games like NieR: Automata and God of War, the game's action mechanics, seamless game flow, character design, and the availability of 20 to 30 costumes for the protagonist, Eve, with some being rare. Stellar Blade is set to release on April 26 for PS5.
The NBA Board of Governors has approved two rule changes for the 2023-24 season. Coaches will now have a second challenge if their first challenge is successful, addressing a common issue. Additionally, the league will introduce an in-game technical foul penalty for flopping, although detecting flops accurately remains a challenge. The changes are set to be voted on by the Board of Governors on July 11th.
High school basketball will eliminate one-and-one free throws, instead implementing a two free throw system when teams enter the bonus, according to a release by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). The new rule will put teams in the bonus after five fouls in a quarter, with team fouls resetting after each quarter. The changes were approved by the NFHS Basketball Rules Committee at its April meeting in Indianapolis. The committee studied data that showed higher injury rates on rebounding situations and saw this as an opportunity to reduce opportunities for rough play during rebounds.